Psychiatric Nurse - Skillbridge

Psychiatric Nurse – Skill Bridge Internship

Arizona Department of Health Services

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
The Arizona Department of Health Services promotes and protects the health of Arizona’s children and adults.
Our mission is to promote, protect, and improve the health and wellness of individuals and communities in Arizona.
We strive to set the standard for personal and community health through direct care, science, public policy, and leadership.

The role of Psychiatric Nurse will entail direct psychiatric and medical care to patients of the Arizona State Hospital.

• Providing orientation, supervision, and on the job training to new employees (RN's, LPN's); assisting in evaluation of job performance; and acts as a resource person for unit employees
• Performing all aspects of patient care including continuous improvement of the patient’s experience, clinical outcomes, and promoting a healthy work environment
• Transcribing doctor’s orders, medication and chart review, administering medication and treatments, counting accountable medication, assisting doctor in sick call with nursing input
• Providing direct psychiatric and medical nursing care to patients; attending group activities, assisting patients with activities of daily living; and observing of behavior and physical status
• Documenting in patient records, completing nursing assessments, summaries and other documentation as needed
• Providing professional and skilled nursing care for patients in collaboration the physician and other disciplines

• Psychiatric nursing and general principles of medical, adolescent, geriatric, and forensic nursing
• Basic computer programs and software related to the health record
• Effective communication techniques, both verbal and written
• Nursing process in the development of patient care plans
• Pharmacology and infection control
• Patient rights and responsibilities
• Hospital policies and procedures
• Psychiatric rehabilitation

• Enter patient information regarding assessment, observation, progress notes, medications, etc into the electronic health record
• Communicating with patients, nursing staff, members of the treatment team and other departments
• Provide guidance/ mentor-ship/clinical leadership for paraprofessional nursing staff
• Assessment of patients' physical and mental status and patients' needs
• Facilitating psychiatric rehabilitation and other educational groups
• Assessment of staff skill mix to meet patient needs and acuity
• Clinical supervision of paraprofessional nursing staff
• Documenting observations and interventions
• Maintain a safe and therapeutic environment
• Administer medications in a safe manner
• Providing education to patients and staff
• Therapeutic interventions

• Support a diverse multi-cultural workforce that reflects the community, promotes equal opportunity at all levels of public employment
• Creates an inclusive work environment that enables all individuals to perform to their fullest potential free from discrimination

• The ideal candidate will have experience with psychiatric patients

• A State Hospital employee must be able to obtain a valid Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card pursuant to A.R.S. 41-1758.07
• This position requires incumbent to have and maintain a current Arizona RN license
• Must be able to obtain and maintain CPR and NVCI certifications

• Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver license record checks, required to maintain acceptable driving records and complete any required driver training (see Arizona Administrative Code R)
• Requires possession of and ability to retain a current, valid state-issued driver license appropriate to the assignment

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer.
Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling .
All newly hired employees will be subject to E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification.
DHS is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

501 North 24th Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85008